Sauls Conversion

And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest, — read the full passage →

trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord <FI>said<Fi> unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.' — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him, — read the full passage →

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

but Jesus having called them near, saith to them, `Ye have known that they who are considered to rule the nations do exercise lordship over them, and their great ones do exercise authority upon them; — read the full passage →

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

also to which an antitype doth now save us--baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

to whom not even for an hour we gave place by subjection, that the truth of the good news might remain to you.

and <FI>that<Fi> because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

and through a window in a rope basket I was let down, through the wall, and fled out of his hands.

In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually; — read the full passage →

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud--`These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present, — read the full passage →

and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles; — read the full passage →

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region. — read the full passage →

They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing <FI>it<Fi> before this.

There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the work of the province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, these men have not made of thee, O king, <FI>any<Fi> regard; thy gods they are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up--are not making obeisance.' — read the full passage →

`Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that <FI>is<Fi> not according to law, and when I have perished--I have perished.'

and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night. — read the full passage →

And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah), — read the full passage →

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

For ye--to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty;

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? — read the full passage →

and I said, What shall I do, Lord? and the Lord said unto me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do.

and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe <FI>them<Fi> from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,

and having brought them forth, said, `Sirs, what must I do--that I may be saved?'

and he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him;

And as they were going on the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch said, `Lo, water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

And when they believed Philip, proclaiming good news, the things concerning the reign of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women;

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common. — read the full passage →

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

for it hath been written in the book of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and his oversight let another take.

`Men, brethren, it behoved this Writing that it be fulfilled that beforehand the Holy Spirit spake through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus,

And in these days, Peter having risen up in the midst of the disciples, said, (the multitude also of the names at the same place was, as it were, an hundred and twenty,) — read the full passage →

the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.

not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel. — read the full passage →

and the truth shall make you free.'

After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias), — read the full passage →

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

And, having watched <FI>him<Fi> , they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose <FI>it<Fi> ? thus ye shall say to him--The Lord hath need of it.'

`Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.'

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, — read the full passage →

daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me--but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'

and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse, — read the full passage →

--`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,

for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, `The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,'

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words, — read the full passage →

`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher--doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.' — read the full passage →

And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men,

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

And Jehovah saith unto me, `Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty silverlings, and cast them <FI>to<Fi> the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.

And I say unto them: `If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire--thirty silverlings.

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;' — read the full passage →